Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for prerequisite

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

something that is required in advance

Latin was a prerequisite for admission.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

requirement

Same sentence, swapped: Latin was a requirement for admission.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for prerequisite as it is used in the sentence above.

guardianship
imperative
mobilization

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

insensibleadjectivesenselessunresponsive to stimulationHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line learnedadjectiveeruditehaving or showing profound knowledgeHigh CampHas a reason line meatyadjectivesubstantivebeing on topic and prompting thoughtHigh Camp misinterpretverbmisunderstandinterpret in the wrong wayHigh CampHas a reason line commandverb, nouncontrolexercise authoritative control or power overFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line compareverbequateconsider or describe as similar, equal, or analogousHigh CampHas a reason line compassnounreachthe limit of capabilityTreeline bareadjectivestrippedhaving everything extraneous removed including contentsTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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